Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14
DALLAS.
An ALLEGED Forgery-A Grocery MSS
chant Pronounces the Endorsement
Of Certain Notes Forgeries.
Suit for Damag,s-WiIliam Bell PIacsd
Under 500 Bopd-EPidem,c or
yaltse Stealing.
Special to the Gazette.

| Special to the Gazette.
DALLAS. TEX, Dec. 13.-Your CORES
pondent learning some particulars of an
alleged forgery, proceeded with due dill
gence to look the matter up. The
forgery was said to be that Of the name
of B. N. Bond, a grocery merchant in
Dallas, and tdither the correspondent
went. In s conversation with Mr.. Bond
he said thst about the last Of October or
| first Of September he received notice
from the Exchange National Bank
that the mole Of Charles Wal,
l{ord Withers, with his Endorsement, was
| due. Mr.. Bond says he never signed
such note, but calling On Mr.. Withers,
that gentleman told him ne would take
the note up at once. subsequently he
came into Mr.. Bonds store and informed
him that everything Was all right. Hav-
ing transacted more or less business with
! Withers. who was merchandise broker,
he had no suspicious concerning the mat
ter. Mr.. BoLd says he heard roth
ing more about money until
on the 18th of October he received an
other notice from the Exchange National
Bank that MIR. Withers' draft for Gl00
| ($475) endorsed byihim B. M. Bond on
q bank IN England had been returned IN
paid. This draft Mr.. Bond also says was
a forgery. Mr.. Withers said he would
make it ell right with the bank. Matters
went along patiently until about the 9th
of October when Mr.. Bond, passing the
| bank, was called in and found
Mr.. Withers there also. The two men,
Mr.. Farris, the cashier, says looked each
other In the face, Mr.. Bond saying ~ did
not sign that" and Mr.. Withers saying
| "wiy, Mr.. Bond, don't you remember
signing it in the back part OF your store?"
But Mr.. Bond did not remember. Mr..
Farris says that he had transacted good
deal of business with MIR. With
ers, had loaned him money
and advanced him money on SIM
| liar drafts to the one in question, all OF
| which had been paid without question.
He also says that Withers is highly con-
nected in England. Heis expecting other
| information from that country, as he has
written to the gentleman's people.
| About month ago Mrs. Withers en-
tered suit in the Dallas County court for .
divorce from Charles Wolford Withers.
No action has been taken against Withers
as MIR. Ferris says, until the fact has been
clearly established that the name OF B.
M. Bond was forgery, which, how
ever, Mr.. Bond unhesl-
tatingly declares is g. forgery.
Mr.. Withers is from Galveston here. He
has lived in Dallas between two and three
years. His wife is still! here with friends
awaiting the result of her divorce suit.
Barney Gibbs is her lawyer. At the time
Mr.. Bond and Mr.. Withers met in bank,
and Mr.. Bond d. clared that the signature
was not written by him, Mr. Farris told
Mr.. Withers be would give him one hour
| in which to fix matters. Mr.. Wlthers, II
is said, has not been seen since, which
was about October %.
Real estate transfers to-day aggre gated
! $4,000. One sale, part OF Simpson &
Clark's addition to Dallas, to an Ellis
county syndicate, amounte to $4,000.
Patrick Cullanan brought suit to-day
in the District court against the Cult,
Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Com
pany for $4,000 damage. He alleges
that on the 18th day of December, 1886,
he was thrown from a gravel train, near
Willie, by the cars running OFF the track
and sustained permanent injuries in spine
and back, having at the time several ribs
broken.
william Bell, one of the principals in
the park outrage, WAS before Judge
Aldridge on writ of habeas corpus at
high noon to-day. Mrs. Barlow again
failed to appear. Bell was, however, after
listening to the testimony Of his wit
nesses, placed under 500 bond, which
up to late hour he had not given.
The following criminals were started
fer the Rusk penitentisry this morning:
DOui6As McKinsie, theft, TWO years !;
I Jesse Mcfarland, burglary, two years;
Robert Nichols, burglary, two years; En-
met Mccoy, burglary, two years.
J. A. White, assault with intent to rob,
thabeas corpus set for next Friday.
| It is rumored in legal circles that the
! Legislature last winter am ended the
wrong act IN reducing county convict
iabor from 81 day to % cents, and the
sct is in. consequence held imperative.
| Oficets Gates and Fisher found vslise